thyroxin
- a variation of thyroxine.
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The use of such medication is not illegal under the World Anti-Doping Code, but many in the sport believe using drugs such as thyroxin is unethical because it could damage an athlete’s health.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2019
For adaptation to a water phase, prolactin is the required hormone, and for adaptation to the land phase, thyroxin.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
It is not until a few days later that the tail is reabsorbed, due to the higher thyroxin concentrations required for tail resorption.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
When Chemist Edwin Calvin Kendall of the Mayo Clinic isolated thyroxin, the essence of the thyroid, about 15 years ago, a loud cry of applause arose.
From Time Magazine Archive
Explained why it had to be stimulated with placentin and thyroxin.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
